Rodgers Shaw Merger
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2 shitty companies into one. What could go wrong?
Telus isn't any better, well I haven't tried their internet/cable but home phone and Alarm monitoring i have
Phone I had to threaten to leave and when I did my bill went from 60 mo to 16 mo why wouldn't they just give me a better rate
Monitoring I was with Acme $96 3months got sold to Telus then changed name to ADT got fed up with the cost and finally there was a service for $99 for the whole year "The Monitoring Co". so I left Telus and went there...now telus has bought The monitoring co FFS I was with Acme and then telus for over 20 years you think they would have given a better rate when I was complaining about the cost....
I am now with Rogers after they switched from Shaw, service sucks
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That merger should have never been allowed. Our government regulators bought off, with no concern for consumers.
I was a die-hard fan of Shaw since 2002-2022. Things went south with their customer service....their product.....customer feedback.
Infact, I had few incident where I had a full blown argument with the customer service rep over the phone.
Rogers weren't any good either.
2 shitty companies merging together cant be any better.
Infact, I had few incident where I had a full blown argument with the customer service rep over the phone.
Rogers weren't any good either.
2 shitty companies merging together cant be any better.
Sadly, I do not understand many government policies. The Shaw - Rogers merger boggles the mind. It has just approved the sale of Life Labs to a U.S company. I have made a fair chunk of change when our governments have approved sales of successful Canadian companies to foreign buyers - Tim Hortons. Sleemans, Inco, Alcan. It would be so much better if Canadian companies were owned by Canadians. At least the Rogers-Shaw deal was Canadian a deal, so there was at least one positive.
The Harper regime gave these corporations huge tax cuts. "They're the job creators and they'll use the money to create jobs for Canadians," Harper told us.
But they never do, of course. They use the money for share buy backs, executive pay hikes . . .
and mergers & acquisitions that kill jobs.
But they never do, of course. They use the money for share buy backs, executive pay hikes . . .
and mergers & acquisitions that kill jobs.
Exactly, the CRTC is fucking horseshit, does nothing for the tax payers.
I had been Shaw since it was Rogers back in the day, then Shaw then this abortion merged fuck up. Finally last November I had enough of their shit. The conduit carrying the cable into my house had collapsed somewhere along the way such that they couldn't pull a new cable through it. Fucked with that for a couple years prior doing this and that never fixing the problem which was to put in a new conduit. Finally I'd had enough and they actually ran about a 200ft cable from my neighbours connection box to mine. They figured that was the fix. FOR FUCKS SAKE.
There was another outage, a switch out in the street had packed it in and when the guy was poking around my connection box, I asked him when they were going to provide the permanent fix. The guy had the balls to tell me I had to hire a contractor to lay in a new conduit so they could run a new line. I chased that motherfucker right off my property into his fucking red van and even chased the cunt down the street.
Fuckers.
Anyway, Telus came in connected to the two old phone lines still in the house and I had ADSL running at about 175MBs (half of what I had with Shaw but really it was not an issue, I mean the porn still ran just fine
) So since November, 0 downtime with them, better pricing.
But overall, I know that there will be problems just because that is the nature of what we have in our country with so little competition. This shit would not be tolerated in most places but here, not enough people raise enough shit.
There was another outage, a switch out in the street had packed it in and when the guy was poking around my connection box, I asked him when they were going to provide the permanent fix. The guy had the balls to tell me I had to hire a contractor to lay in a new conduit so they could run a new line. I chased that motherfucker right off my property into his fucking red van and even chased the cunt down the street.
Fuckers.
Anyway, Telus came in connected to the two old phone lines still in the house and I had ADSL running at about 175MBs (half of what I had with Shaw but really it was not an issue, I mean the porn still ran just fine
) So since November, 0 downtime with them, better pricing.But overall, I know that there will be problems just because that is the nature of what we have in our country with so little competition. This shit would not be tolerated in most places but here, not enough people raise enough shit.
TELUS ain't no better.. They'll have u waiitng on phone for hours only to speak to someone outside of Canada that can barely speak a lick of English
Yes in that case atleast Rogers still keeps it customer service jobs in Canada while Telus has outsourced it all.
I am lucky as I live in a condo with other Fibre providers so I moved my internet to a different provider from Telus who I had been with for 7 years and 2 different accounts/addresses. Once my term was up for renewal at my current place, the best they could do for me was $85/month up from my $40/month. I went to fibrestream who offered me a faster Internet for $40/month no contract or any other commitments. And I have had no complains so far.
After 2 months of switching my home internet provider, I moved my cellphone from telus to Rogers who offered me a US-Canada plan with more data for cheaper than what I was paying Telus for a Canadian only plan. And Roger's network has been better than what I had with Telus. Faster speeds, better inside penetration, more coverage seems like as less call drops. And rogers allows wifi calling from anywhere in the world (no roaming charges as long as its wifi calling) while Telus has it disabled as they want to squeeze you for the roam like home charges.
So in the end bye Telus for good.. I don't think I am ever going back
I am on Telus mobility, have wifi calling which works well when there are cell drop outs.
But you may wish to check your plan re the roaming stuff. These mofos are going to try to get every cent out of us so from what I understand, if you are making a call wifi or cell they still consider it airtime and they ding you whatever is in your plan.
Fuckers
Just heard from a a friend's kid who works for TELUS at their call centre.... More Canadian jobs about to be offshored.... Company will be offering severance packages (for the 3rd time in last 18months) and shipping even more jobs overseas
I find it hilarious that when a customer requests to speak to a manager, they now get directed to someone in the Philippines or India
I hope they face a mass exodus of customers and just crater their business
I guess Darren needs more than the 19mill salary he got last year and that's without the millions of bonus he got too
I find it hilarious that when a customer requests to speak to a manager, they now get directed to someone in the Philippines or India
I hope they face a mass exodus of customers and just crater their business
I guess Darren needs more than the 19mill salary he got last year and that's without the millions of bonus he got too
Yes, I used to use wifi calling with Telus too and it works fine within Canada. The call drops happened when I was connected to regular cell network (outside of my home/office where I didn't have wifi).
The issue is that Telus won't let you use wifi calling outside Canada. They have it disabled (there are ways to hack it but not straightforward). The only way you can use your phone if you are outside Canada is to pay for roam like home per day.
The thing with US-Canada plans are that if you are roaming in US, you won't pay anything extra and can use all your plan features as if you were in Canada. Anywhere outside US and Canada, you will pay roam like home fees. But the good thing with Rogers and even freedom mobile is that they let you use wifi calling outside Canada. So if you had access to wifi in a different country, you could make and receive calls and send and receive texts for free as long as you are connected to wifi calling. Calls and texts over wifi calling still count towards your airtime and text limits but don't most of us have unlimited calling and texting nowadays anyways? And rogers and freedom don't consider it roaming if you are using wifi calling in a different country so you aren't paying anything extra. But yeah if you don't have wifi and connect to a local cell network then you would be paying roam like home but atleast rogers and freedom allow you to still use wifi calling for free internationally unlike Telus who doesn't even give you the choice as they have it disabled.
